The Vatican Mythographers

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments I am glad to acknowledge my debts of gratitude to colleagues and friends, to scholars and strangers who have encouraged this project in ways large and small. First, I am deeply grateful to the anonymous readers of Fordham University Press for their insightful suggestions and candid assessments of my work. My translation and introduction are better for their input, and they are, of course, absolved of responsibility for any mistakes or infelicities that might remain. For many years of generous assistance, encouragement and scholarly collaboration, I thank Hugh Feiss, o.s.b.; Johanna Glazewski; Peter Wursthorn ; and my reliable computer consultant, Matthew P. Pepin. I am also pleased to acknowledge the competent direction and gracious assistance rendered to me by Helen Tartar, Editorial Director of Fordham University Press, and Professor Gyula Klima, Editor of the Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Indeed, the entire staff of the Press was most helpful and welcoming to me throughout the production phases of this book, and I am grateful to them all. My thanks for four decades of patient partnership go to Beth. ix the vatican mythographers ...